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441 people including Chua Thian Poh receive awards

President Tony Tan Keng Yam presents the top award - The Distinguished Service Order - to billionaire property tycoon Chua Thian Poh. (Photo CNA) 441 people received their National Day awards from President Tony Tan at a ceremony held at the NUS on Sunday evening (23 Nov 23). The awards are said to recognise the individuals...

Chan: SG identity should be based on a common future

Minister Chan Chun Sing At the National Youth Integration Forum last Saturday (22 Nov), Social and Family Development Minister Chan Chun Sing said that Singapore's identity is not just about the past but our "common future". He was speaking to some 300 local and foreign tertiary students at a session held at the ITE College...

Court rules widow has mental capacity to revoke LPA

PRC tour guide Yang Yin The Family Court today (24 Nov) ruled that the 87-year-old widow Mdm Chung Khin Chun's application to revoke the Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) of PRC tour guide Yang Yin is valid. This will stop all Yang's legal power over the management of her assets. The court said that Mdm Chung, indeed, has the...